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Honey Nut Cheerios Scrooge Commercial

Honey Nut Cheerios Scrooge Commercial

FromAdvent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas Specials


Honey Nut Cheerios Scrooge Commercial

FromAdvent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas Specials

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Dec 7, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Nobody can’t say no to this 30-second portrayal of Scrooge in a Christmastime commercial for Honey Nut Cheerios. Officially titled “Ebenezer Scrooge Discovers Honey Nut Cheerios,” this commercial ran from around 1987 through at least the end of the 20th century.  ****  ? Guest:  Joey O. (Y-Not Radio, @ImGonnaDJ24).  ****  ? Topics & Tangents:  1. A tale of two Buzz Bees: “It’s Christmas,” vs. “It’s the holidays.”  2. Arnold Stang, the original voice of the Honey Nut Cheerios Bee, Top Cat, and Nestlé’s Chunky candy bar.  3. Stranger Christmas tradition: Scrooge’s “customary” gruel, or Honey Nut Cheerios as a holiday breakfast?  4. The lifespan and ancestral history of honeybees.  5. Addendum: Thanks to Guy Hutchinson for identifying our Scrooge as actor Bill Gavin.  ****  Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse.
Released:
Dec 7, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A salute to all TV holiday specials, but mostly the Christmas ones. Revisit 12 holiday classics and not-so-classics each December and July.